Meet Our Directors

Tom Coyner is a retired international business professional in high tech sales and marketing after a career in international human resources.  He has worked in California, Japan and Korea as well as conducted sales workshops in Thailand and Malaysia.  Tom is a Rotarian and a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).  He now offers commercial photographic services on a donation basis to Burmese Refugee Relief Fund.  He has visited Myanmar three times and has spent two winters in Maesot, Thailand.  He has known Dave Nelson since their shared days in Seoul at The Chase Manhattan Bank, following his service with US Peace Corps /Korea.  He is married to Yeri Choi. He has a BA in Japanese Literature from University of Colorado, Boulder, following two years' study at Waseda in Tokyo.  He earned his MBA with a concentration in international business from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He resides in Seoul.

Yeri Choi serves as a board member on Korea-based NGOs advocating human rights for the mentally handicapped people.  Prior, she was a retired corporate trainer and consultant. Currently, she acts as a trainer and coach for mentally handicapped people to develop positive self-images to lead lives with mindfulness and positive mental attitudes. Prior, she was the Japan country manager of a European data services corporation.  She later was a multilingual sales and human resources trainer for western companies' operations in East Asia.  She is trilingual in Korean, Japanese and English.  Besides visiting Myanmar, Yeri spent two winters in Maesot working with refugee schools.  She has a BA in foreign language education from Kyongbook University, Daegu, and has studied business at UCLA.